Most feared medical procedure

I had a VCUG as a child that was very traumatic. I had (mostly) erased it from my memory until I had to get the HSG as an adult and it was very triggering. Even abdominal ultrasounds that have to be done with a full bladder can be triggering I just realized with the help of a Play-Doc friend.

The c sections were also very surreal. Being awake while the doctors are operating and talking about what they're doing. I didn't feel pain exactly but it was just a weird feeling being awake for it. There was a podcast series recently about women who could feel everything during the c sections because the epidural didn't work and not being believed. Terrifying.

Brain or penile surgery but theyre both the same anyway 😀

Any sort of surgery would be very scary, but what I'm really afraid of are painful intramuscular injections. I had penicillin shots as a child and it was traumatising. Pretty sure my fear of doctors in general comes from that. The child in me is afraid of hospital from the simple possibility that they could do something like that to me.

In fact I think I fear surgeries and hospitalization because of the vulnerability and the threat of getting any number of injections anytime. Probably more than I fear the operation itself.

I've had an MRI before and it caused me great anxiety, but not because of the procedure itself, rather because of having to go to the hospital and submit to whatever will happen there including getting an IV for the contrast, which didn't really hurt of course, but it's still triggering.

The c sections were also very surreal. Being awake while the doctors are operating and talking about what they're doing. I didn't feel pain exactly but it was just a weird feeling being awake for it. There was a podcast series recently about women who could feel everything during the c sections because the epidural didn't work and not being believed. Terrifying.

I’ve heard of surgical anesthesia working just enough to paralyze but not to kill your consciousness or the pain/sensation.

I truly can’t imagine anything more terrifying than that. Even a horror movie would fail to convey that level of torture. 😱 😱 😱

-TYD

@Vzia my wife (naughtynurse) had an emergency c section and I think there was not enough time for anesthesia or work, or maybe it just didn’t work, but she was screaming bloody murder that she could feel them cutting her open during the surgery and then she almost stroked out. ⭐️ only one star, would not suggest. Total nightmare all around. I’m just saying, it still happens. They gave her ketamine and lord knows what else, but it was total torture fest week right up to and after the moment.

2.5 years ago my prostate malfunctioned and they wanted to remove it. My friend and i decided not to do that. Im still here no meds and im fine.

@liquidsky I am with you on the bone marrow biopsy. I have now had three. The first two were done in a clinic with only lidocaine to deaden the pain. It wasn't enough. I was seconds from coming up cussing and swinging. The third one I knew about far enough in advance to schedule in the hospital with more & better pain control. I was awake but it didn't hurt and I didn't care. When I go to the doctor and get asked to rate any pain 1-10 my reference for 10 is a bone marrow biopsy in the clinic.

As a child I was always theorized by blood tests. When I had to do them they were always tantrums. Even as a boy it was the thing I feared the most because as a child I sometimes fainted and I was embarrassed that it could happen again. Then as a teenager I found a kind nurse who made me lie down on the bed before the exam and I overcame this fear a little. In general right now I'm not afraid of a specific procedure, but I'm afraid of finding a person (doctor, nurse, assistant) who is not kind and puts me at ease with the procedure I should undergo

@Naughtydoc OMG I'm so so sorry. I can't believe that actually happened. I had 2 c sections one scheduled one emergency but both times I didn't feel pain. I felt the pulling and tugging but definitely no pain. I can't even imagine!! How traumatic!!

I had just had surgery to remove an adrenal gland. I was in recovery and the male nurse kept telling me I needed to pee. But after about an hour and a half and only a few drops he did a sonogram and my bladder was ready to burst. He said we have to put a catheter in….”UGH!!!” I’d had them before and the pain is terrible, but there was no way around it. So he gets set up and tries repeatedly to insert the thing while I’m writhing in pain and discomfort. Finally decides to get assistance. Another guy comes in and does the same, also with no success. By now I’m out of breath and not happy at all. Finally they say “we need to get an expert”. They come back with this gorgeous young woman and I said “Please….just shoot me now. Put me out of my misery!!” I was never so embarrassed in my entire life! So she starts and it’s more excruciating pain, but after a few attempts she succeeds! She said “Ok…all done!” I looked at her and said “At least you could have bought me dinner first!”

There are many fearsome surgical procedures I rather not think about.